The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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