The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

