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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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