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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston