The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown