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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

