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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

