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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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