The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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