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