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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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