The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

