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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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