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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown