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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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