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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 donโt...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

