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

