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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

