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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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