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