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