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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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