The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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