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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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