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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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