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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

