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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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