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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston