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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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