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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In 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