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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

