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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

