The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

