The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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