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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint 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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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