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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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