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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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