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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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