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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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