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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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