The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

