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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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