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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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