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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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