The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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