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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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