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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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