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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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