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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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