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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

