The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

