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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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