The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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