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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

