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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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