The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

