The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
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...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 donโt...

