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 E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

