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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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