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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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