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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

