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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston