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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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