The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

