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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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