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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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