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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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