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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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