The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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