The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

