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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

