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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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