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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

