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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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