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