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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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