The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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