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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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