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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

