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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

