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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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