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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul