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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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