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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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