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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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