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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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