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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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