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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
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...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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