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