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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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