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