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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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