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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

