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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

