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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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