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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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