The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

