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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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