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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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