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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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