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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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