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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
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Roadtrips
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
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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