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