The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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