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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

