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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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