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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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