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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint 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...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

