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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

