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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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