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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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