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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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