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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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