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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

