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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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