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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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