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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

