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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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