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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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