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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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