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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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