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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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