The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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