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