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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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