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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
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...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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