The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

