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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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