All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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