The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

