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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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