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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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