The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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