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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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