The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
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...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

