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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

