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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

