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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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