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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

