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