The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor 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