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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

