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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

