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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

