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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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