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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

