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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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