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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor 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