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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

