The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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