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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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