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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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