The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
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...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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