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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

