The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

