The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

