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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hammโs children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

