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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

