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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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