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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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