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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

