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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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