The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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