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