The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

