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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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