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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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