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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

