The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

