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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

