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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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