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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

