The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

