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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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