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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey 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...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s 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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston