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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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