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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul