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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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