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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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