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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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