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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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