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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

