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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

