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...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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