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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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