The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

