The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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