The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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