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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolisโ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

