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