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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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