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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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