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

