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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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