The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

