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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

