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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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