The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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