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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

