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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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