The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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