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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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