The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
