The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

