The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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