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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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