The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

