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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie 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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

