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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

