The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

