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