The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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