The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

