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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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