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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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