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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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