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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

