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