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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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