The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

