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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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