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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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