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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

