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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

