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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

