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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

