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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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