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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
