The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

