The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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