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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

