The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown