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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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