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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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