The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

