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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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