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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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