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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

