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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington 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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 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...

