The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

