The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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