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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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