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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown