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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

