The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

