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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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