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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

