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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

