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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

