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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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