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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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