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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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