The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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