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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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