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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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