The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

