The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

