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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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