The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
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