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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

