The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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