The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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