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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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