The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

