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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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