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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown