The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

