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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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