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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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