The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

