The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

