The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City