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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

