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...
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building 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...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown