The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

