The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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