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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

