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...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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