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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

