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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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