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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
