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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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