The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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