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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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