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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
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...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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