The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

