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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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