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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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