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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

