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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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