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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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