The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
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...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor 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