The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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