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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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