The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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