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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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