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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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