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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston