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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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