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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul