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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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