The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In 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