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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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