The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

