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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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