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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul