The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

