The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

