The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston