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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

