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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

