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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

