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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

