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...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

