The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

