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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

