The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School 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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

