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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

