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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston