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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...

