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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

