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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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