The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

