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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
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 Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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