The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

