The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston