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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

