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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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