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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

