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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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