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