The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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