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