The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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