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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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