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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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