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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

