The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 donโt...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

