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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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