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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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