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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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