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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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