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

