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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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