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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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