The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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