The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

