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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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