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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

