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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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