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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

