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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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