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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

