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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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