The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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