The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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