The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City