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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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