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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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