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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown