The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
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...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

