The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

