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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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