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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
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...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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