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