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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

