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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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