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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

