The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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