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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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