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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

