The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

