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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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