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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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