The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

