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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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