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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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