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