The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

