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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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