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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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