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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown