The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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