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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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