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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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