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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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