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