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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

