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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 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...

