The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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