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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of 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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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