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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown