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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

