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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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