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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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