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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

