The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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