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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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