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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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