The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown