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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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