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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston