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

