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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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