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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston