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