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

