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...
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

