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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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