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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

