The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
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The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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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