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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

