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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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