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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

