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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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