The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

