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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School 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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

