The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City