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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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