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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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