The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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