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...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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