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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City