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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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