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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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