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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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