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