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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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