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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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