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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

