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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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