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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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