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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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