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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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