The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

