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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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