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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

