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...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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