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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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