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...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

