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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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