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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

