The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
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 Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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