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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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