The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

