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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown