The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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