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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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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