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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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