The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

