The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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