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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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