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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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