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. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

