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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
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...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

