The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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