The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

