The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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