The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

