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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

