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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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