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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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