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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

