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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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