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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston