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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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