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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in 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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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