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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown