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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

