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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

