Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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