The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston