The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

