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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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