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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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