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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

