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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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