The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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