The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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