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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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