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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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