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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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