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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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