The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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