The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

