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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion 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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

