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...
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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