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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

