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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown