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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

