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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

