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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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