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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown