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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

