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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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