The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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