The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

