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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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