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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

