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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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