The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

