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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown