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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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