The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

