The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

