The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

