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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

