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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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