The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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