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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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