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