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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown